Art, ideology, and the city of Teotihuacan : a symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 8th and 9th October 1988

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1992 8vo (23.5 cm), XII, 463 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). Papers from a conference held in Oct. 1988 at Dumbarton Oaks. Contents include: "Teotihuacan: an introduction" by Susan T. Evans and Janet Catherine Berlo; "Economic and social implications of variations in mortuary practices at Teotihuacan" by Martha L. Sempowski; "Tlailotlacan, a Zapotec enclave in Teotihuacan" by Michael W. Spence; "Style in lapidary technology: identifying the Teotihuacan lapidary industry" by Margaret H. Turner; "A survey of recently excavated murals at Teotihuacan" by Ruben Cabrera Castro; "Icons and ideologies at Teotihuacan: the great goddess reconsidered" by Janet Catherine Berlo; "The iconography of mirrors at Teotihuacan" by Karl A. Taube; "Rulership, warfare, and human sacrifice at the Ciudadela: an iconographic study of feathered serpent representations" by Saburo Sugiyama; "Teotihuacan glyphs and imagery in the light of some early colonial texts" by George L. Cowgill; "Teotihuacan sign clusters: emblem or articulation?" by James C. Langley; "Abstraction and the rise of a utopian state at Teotihuacan" by Esther Pasztory; "The economic organization of the Teotihuacan priesthood: hypotheses and considerations" by Linda Manzanilla; "Teotihuacan studies: from 1950 to 1990 and beyond" by Rene Millon.